{"id":355,"date":"2012-10-23T01:06:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T01:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=355"},"modified":"2013-02-13T16:39:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T16:39:15","slug":"bhumy-amalaki-phyllanthus-niruri-p-amarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"Bhumy amalaki ~ Phyllanthus niruri, P. amarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Bhumy amalaki<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>:\u00c2\u00a0 Phyllanthus niruri, <a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Phyllanthus-niruri.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1286\" title=\"Phyllanthus niruri\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Phyllanthus-niruri-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Phyllanthus-niruri-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Phyllanthus-niruri-332x249.jpg 332w, http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Phyllanthus-niruri.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>P. amarus (Ayurvedic name means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153earth amla\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. It is a low growing amla bush.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Euphorbiaceae (very closely related to amla, Emblica officinalis)<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: whole plant<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to tropical areas including southernIndia, andChina<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: alkaloids, gallocatechins, lignins, saponins<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: cooling<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hepatoprotective<\/span>, analgesic, carminative, digestive, laxative, stomachic, tonic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, hypoglycemic, hypotensive<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: emmenagogue, vermifuge, aperitif, diuretic, antimicrobial, antilithic<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: kidney and gallbladder stones, hepatitis, colds, flu, viral infections, cystitis, prostatitis, diabetes, hypertension<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: venereal diseases, urinary tract infections, anemia, jaundice, liver cancer,<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: infusion\/decoction: 1 tsp\/cup water qd-tid; tincture: 2-6 ml bid-tid, powder: 2-10 grams (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy, hypoglycemia; may potentiate insulin, antidiabetic, diuretic, antihypertensive, beta-blocker and other heart medications drugs<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/www.rain-tree.com\/chanca.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhumy amalaki Latin name:\u00c2\u00a0 Phyllanthus niruri, P. amarus (Ayurvedic name means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153earth amla\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. It is a low growing amla bush.) Family: Euphorbiaceae (very closely related to amla, Emblica officinalis) Part used: whole plant Habitat: native to tropical areas including southernIndia, andChina Main constituents: alkaloids, gallocatechins, lignins, saponins Energetics: cooling Main &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,34,70,4,72,37,176,36,84,87,75,49,1,32,43,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analgesic","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antispasmodic","category-aryuvedic-herbs","category-carminative","category-cooling","category-digestive","category-energetics-taste","category-hepatoprotective","category-hypoglycemic","category-hypotensive","category-laxative","category-module1","category-properties","category-stomachic","category-tonic","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1285,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/1285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}